Notebook

You might notice that most of the notebooks in the market are quite dull with blank pages or lines which is the most practical for all users. There are some notebooks with background images on every pages but most probably with pictures of Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse and would not really suit you because you are not a kid anymore. So how to have an interesting notebook that suit your style? The answer is to make it by yourself. You can customize everything and then all your friends will ask where do you get that nice notebook.

Here’s how to do it:

• Start your Microsoft Word and a blank page is created automatically.

• A notebook is usually smaller in size so you would want to change the size to A5 or any other size that you want. Click on the Page Layout > Size > A5.

Changing document size

• Next is to make the cover page and the back page. I’m going to make a cover page with background image and some texts. If you want to be very artistic you can customize the cover page using Photoshop or other graphic software. To do add background image you can select Page Layout > Page Color > Fill Effects and then select the Picture tab. This method however only suitable if the picture you want to insert have the same dimension as your paper. If your image is larger or smaller than the paper size you can use Watermark. Select Page Layout > Watermark > Custom Watermark. In the Watermark pop-up box select the Picture Watermark button and then select your picture. Then adjust the scale to fit the size you wanted. Deselect the Washout button if you want your picture to be at full opacity. Note that using the Watermark tool will make all your pages to have the same background image. You’ll need to create a new document if you want different image for your back cover.

Adding background image

• Next step is to add some texts to the cover page. Create a Text Box (Insert > Text Box > Draw Text Box) anywhere you want to place the text and then type onto it. Use the WordArt tool to customize the appearance of the text (Insert > WordArt). Remove the fill and stroke for the Text Box to make it invisible.

• Once you done with the cover page it’s time to customize the inner pages. Create a new document with the same A5 size. Add background image using the same method as before but I would prefer to check the Washout button to dim the image so that it will not interfere with any writings on it.

• Some people would prefer notebooks with lines so here is the trick to add lines to your paper. In Microsoft Word 2007 the insert horizontal line function is hidden in the Page Border properties box. Select Page Layout > Page Border. When the Page Border properties box has appeared, click on the Horizontal Line button at the bottom left corner of the box. Then Horizontal Line box will appear and select the most basic line and press OK.

Adding horizontal lines

• When the horizontal line is already on the page, double-click on it to change its color or other setting. Then you can just Copy and Paste the lines to fill the rest of the page. If you have an A4 size printer you might want to create another page so that it will be easier for your to print the document.

Pages with complete lines

• When all done you can print the document by yourself or go to a printing shop to print the cover page on thicker paper and add plastic front and back cover.

• Bind them together with ring binder and you’ll have your own custom notebook.

To add you links to the page, just click on the Link Exchange link on the category menu and then click on the Add URL link. Then fill in your blog details on the Add URL page and press the Add Link button. The form contain fields for you to fill in your name, e-mail, blog name, blog url, blog description, a reciprocal link. Reciprocal link means the address of your blog that contain my link. For example if you place my link in your http://yourblog.com/links page then that will be the reciprocal link. I will need to approve your link before it will appear in the directory.

The steps are very simple but there always been a problem where some people just don’t read or understand. That is a LINK EXCHANGE page therefore if you don’t want to add my link to your blog then please don’t bother to fill in the form. I will only approve links for blogs that have my link on them. That means you have to add my link on your blog before I can approve your blog link in my directory. You can simply add my link on your page by any mean you like or you can visit the Link To Us page to view the HTML code I have provided.

If you browse the directory, links are sorted by PageRank. This is a customizable feature of the plugin. The plugin also count all hits in and out for all the links together with thumbnails.

Struck

Just now I’ve stumbled upon a website using the StumbleUpon toolbar about a short film titled “Struck“. It’s a story about a guy being struck by an arrow. The arrow cannot be removed therefore the guy need to live his life with an arrow stuck in his chest. It’s a short film and does not have too many dialogue but it does brings you some great messages. The film already won 12 awards and also about 40 nominations in various film festivals. I can’t embed the video here because the website is the official website for the film and they probably don’t want the video to appear elsewhere. The last person you see in the video might make you laugh haha. I wonder is it coincidence to meet the website on this day or is it because God is giving me a sign . Please take a look and give your comments.

Actual synopsis of the film:

On his way to work one day, Joel (Bodhi Elfman) is impaled through the chest by a three-foot arrow. But it doesn’t harm him. And it won’t come out. So Joel has to learn to deal – both with his newfound protrusion, and his own painful loneliness. He tries to go to work, to date women, but no one seems ready to accept his strange flaw. Little does he know, his life is about to change forever…

Website: http://www.struckthefilm.com/

Paypal fund withdrawal

Here are the list of banks being accepted by Paypal for direct debit:

1. AFFIN BANK BERHAD
2. ALLIANCE BANK MALAYSIA BERHAD
3. AMBANK BERHAD
4. BANK ISLAM MALAYSIA BERHAD
5. BANK KERJASAMA RAKYAT BERHAD
6. BANK MUAMALAT BERHAD
7. BANK OF AMERICA
8. BANK SIMPANAN NASIONAL
9. CIMB BANK BERHAD
10. CITIBANK BERHAD
11. DEUSTCHE BANK
12. EON BANK BERHAD
13. HONG LEONG BANK BERHAD
14. HSBC BANK MALAYSIA BERHAD
15. MALAYAN BANKING BERHAD
16. OCBC BANK (M) BERHAD
17. PUBLIC BANK BERHAD
18. RHB BANK BERHAD
19. STANDARD CHARTERED BANK MSIA BHD
20. THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND BERHAD (RBS)
21. UNITED OVERSEAS BANK

Withdrawal to banks in United States are free of charge but for banks in Malaysia, the withdrawal fee is RM3 if the withdrawal amount is less than RM400 but free of charge if the withdrawal amount is RM400 or more. This fee is better than withdrawal to prepaid cards where the fee is RM20 for every withdrawal. Minimum withdrawal amount is USD10 or RM40. Paypal had also noted that some banks might introduce additional charge for the transfer so you might need to check with your banks about that.

Here’s something even better, withdrawal to bank accounts will only take about 2-3 business days but withdrawal to card will take from 5-7 business days.

1. Legal Tender. The banknotes and coins must not be defaced (damaged or spoiled by writing or drawing) for them to be legal tender. Any party can refuse to accept payments using defaced notes or coins. For coins, there are limits to which you can use them to make payments. 50 sen (Malaysian cent) coins can be used to make payments of up to RM10 while 5 sen, 10 sen, and 50 sen coins can be used as legal tender up to RM2. 1 sen and RM1 coins has been removed from usage and no longer valid as legal tender.
2. Defaced Malaysian Currency. Any banknotes should not be defaced with words, signs, symbols, drawings, or messages. You should also not drill holes into coins. Any defaced banknotes or coins will not have any value and you can always reject these defaced notes in payments. Defaced banknotes and coins cannot be exhanged for new currency at any banks because they have already lost their values.
3. Soiled Malaysian Currency. Old banknotes may become soiled (dirty due to usage) or deteriorate which might cause the security feature of the notes not to be as effective as a brand new notes. Soiled banknotes can be exchanged or deposited at any commercial banks in Malaysia.
4. Mutilated Malaysian Currency. Mutilated or damaged banknotes can be exchanged for new currency at any Bank Negara Malaysia branch or branches of commercial banks and Islamic banks. Badly mutilated or damaged banknoted may need further examination and valuation before any amount is refunded. Mutilation cause might be fire, water, chemicals, explosives, animals, insect or rodent damage, or suffered as a result of being buried or decomposed. However, the decision to award compensation is at the discretion of Bank Negara Malaysia.
5. Reproduction of the Malaysian Currency. It is illegal to reproduce the Malaysian currency or to use any photograph, drawing or design of any note, coin or any part of the note or coin, of any size, scale or colour, in any advertising or on any merchandise or products, which are manufactured, sold, circulated or distributed except with the permission of Bank Negara Malaysia. A fine up to RM5,000 will be implied if convicted.
6. Counterfeit Malaysian Currency. Counterfeit banknotes or coins do not have any values and cannot be exchanged with new currency. If you suspect someone has given you counterfeit Malaysian currency:

• Delay the person (passer) who gives you the counterfeit banknote if possible and observe the passer’s description, as well as that of his/her companion if any, and the vehicle registration number used by them.
• Do not write on, cut or re-circulate (use) the counterfeit currency.
• Preserve the condition of the counterfeit currency by using envelope or plastic cover. Record the details about how you got the currency, who gave it to you, where and when you got it.
• Take the counterfeit currency to the nearest police station and surrender the counterfeit currency after lodging a police report.

This article was derived from The Malaysian Currency booklet by http://www.bankinginfo.com.my/. Log on to the website for more information about the Malaysian currency.